Troubled Relations With Latin America

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Troubled Relations With Latin America

• 1. Monroe Doctrine (1823)
• -The U.S. will protect nations
• in the Western Hemisphere
• from aggressive Imperialists
• -The U.S. will not establish
• control over Latin American
• Nations
• 2. Big Stick Diplomacy
• -Using military might to
• influence governments
• policies of foreign nations.
• -Speak softly and carry a big stick
• 
  -Teddy Roosevelt

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I. Latin America Land People Culture

• 1. Land
• a. Rough terrain
• -Mountains, rainforests, diseases
• b. mainly agricultural (non-industrialized)
• -corn, beans, rice, sugar
• 2. Culture
• a. Native American and African roots
• -Natives present when Europeans arrived
• - Africans brought over as slaves
• b. Speak Latin languages (Spanish, Portuguese)
  
• -colonized and controlled by
• Spain and Portugal

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I. Latin America Land People Culture continued

• 3. People
• a. Impoverished
• b. Lacking education and positive leadership
• c. Ruled by violent military Dictators
• -restrict people of basic human rights
• -life, liberty, pursuit of
  happiness
• -violent revolutions result

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II. Enforcing the Monroe Doctrine

• 1. Maximilian Affair (1863)
• a. Mexican government was in debt to France
• -had no money to repay French loans
• b. Napoleon III of France
• -sent European Prince Maximilian to
• rule over Mexico with force
• c. Clear violation of Monroe Doctrine
• - America intervened
• 2. Protect Latin American raw materials
• a. Pan American Union
• -promote friendship and trade
• -Organization of American States

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II. Enforcing the Monroe Doctrine continued

• 3. Blockade of Venezuela (1902)
• a. Venezuelan government was in debt to
• European Bankers
• -had no money to repay loans
• b. England, Germany and Italy
• -sent battle ships to threaten
  Venezuela
• c. Clear violation of Monroe Doctrine
• - America intervened

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III. Roosevelt Corollary (KOR-uh-ler-ee)

• 1. America will protect Latin America from
• a. Unpaid debts
• b. Attacks from outsiders
• IV. Wilson and Mexico
• 1. Mexican revolution (1911)
• a. Violent Dictator overthrown
• b. Democratic President took over
• -murdered by Victoriano Huerta
• -American Intervened